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Steelers getting smacked. Love to see it. 

16 minutes ago, SFGiants58 said:

I don’t like dehumanizing and writing off all Pittsburgh fans. It’s cruel to those who aren’t dirt bags. I did attack Panthers and Coyotes fans, but not enough of them exist. Still, don’t treat all Pittsburgh fans like they’re monsters or evil or worthy of death.

Literally no one is saying anything about them being worthy of death. We are saying they have a lot of obnoxious fans. 

8 minutes ago, SFGiants58 said:

The Perds just rubbed me the wrong way and I wanted the Penguins to put them in their place. That’s all. Is it against the rules of good taste to be ok with the Penguins?

Yes 

2 hours ago, SFGiants58 said:

Do non-Sun Belt teams do that? Not really. If you can't play with the pressure of opposing fans, why bother?

Not exactly the same because we are discussing pro sports, but I've worked in marketing at a handful of mid-major schools. If we are hosting a popular big-name opponent we would make it as difficult as possible for visiting fans to get tickets for that game. 

I think what @Sport is trying to say is that Pittsburgh fans in general, specifically Penguins and Steeler fans, are the worst. And he would be 100% correct. It is scientifically proven when you look at the correlation between sub-par french-fry sandwich intake and obnoxious sports fans. 

22 hours ago, beachperroAZ said:

So with Christmas season rolling around wouldn't the Cleveland Guardians want to take advantage of merchandise sales by releasing the uniforms this month?

You would think so. I'm ready to basically restock my entire line of Cleveland baseball gear in one big purchase. New hat, jersey, shirt, hoodie, pullover, jacket, etc. 

3 hours ago, the admiral said:

 

Oh, don't kid yourself. You know why people are getting satisfaction out of this being the Blackhawks that they wouldn't get if it were, say, the Sharks, another team that employed the pedophile. Do you not know how online works? Are you new?

Yikes. Should have made this post from your dupe account, man. 

16 hours ago, the admiral said:

Everyone is going to get to kick the Blackhawks while they're down, which, fine, whatever. But maybe a meme team will get caught molesting players, too, so I wouldn't, just to be safe.

Or we could just point out when any organization does something horrible - whether they are an Original Six team, a meme team, or something in between. 

55 minutes ago, JerseyJimmy said:

 

why are the islanders 8th

 

and below florida, at that

Well technically they are tied for 7th with Florida. Both have +2000 odds. 

14 hours ago, dont care said:

Was he ever considered a bust?

If you ask most Steeler fans here in Pittsburgh they would say he is a bust. But they also think yellow dish rags are sacred, so their opinions might need to be taken with a grain of salt. 

2 hours ago, Sport said:

What's the worst looking record that the 17 game schedule is foisting upon us?

 

9-8 is close, but I think I hate 7-10 the most. 

 

 

They all sound awful to me right now. I was trying to smack talk some Steelers friends the other day and saying "I can't wait for you guys to go 4 and 12...er...I mean 4 and...uh...13? That doesn't sound right?" I have to sit there for a few seconds and do the math. But, I'm also a giant idiot, so maybe I'm not the best example. 

14 minutes ago, Ridleylash said:

Jets officially retiring the Aviator Blue alternate in favor of the dark Heritage jersey as their new third jersey.

I always liked the Aviator Blue, but I do think the Heritage jersey fits better with the Jets identity. 

On 6/16/2021 at 4:45 PM, Unocal said:

Carson Palmer never took a regular season snap in this uniforms

 

One of my roommates in college had a Palmer jersey from this uniform set. I honestly never knew he didn't wear this uniform in a regular season game. I saw my roommate wear that jersey so often I guess my brain thought Palmer must have worn it for a good handful of games his rookie season at least. 

3 minutes ago, spartacat_12 said:

 

I just saw the statement from Waddell that the Canes released, but it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. He said the organization wants to ensure "a safe environment for fans", yet they had almost a full barn during the playoffs, and have already announced 100% capacity with no masks at next season's home games.

Yeah, I agree the reasoning he gave was odd. Maybe the decision was made many months ago when things were more murky regarding attendance and they started planning for 2022-23 from that point on - that is the only thing I can think of. 

1 hour ago, spartacat_12 said:

ICYMI the league announced some marquee events for next season:

 

https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-announces-2022-all-star-game-winter-classic-and-stadium-series-events/c-325499840

 

The Winter Classic that was supposed to be in Minneapolis this year will take place in 2022. I'd assume both teams already had the uniform designs in the can, but I'm surprised nothing had leaked. My guess would be the Wild in a green version of this year's Reverse Retros, with the Blues in white versions of their throwbacks.

 

The Stadium Series will feature Tampa travelling to Nashville to face the Preds at Nissan Stadium in February. Who knows what they'll come up with for this. Tampa's gradient alternate already has Stadium Series vibes. Considering both teams have a history of using silver, I'd expect a lot of chrome to be incorporated somehow.

 

They also announced that a Heritage Classic will take place in March, but the teams and location is still TBD. Montreal has still never hosted one, and it has been a while since Edmonton hosted the first one, so I could see either team getting it. If they want to try another neutral site, I could see Hamilton getting it. Toronto vs Buffalo at Tim Hortons Field could be cool, but I'm sure they want an all-Canadian matchup.

 

All Star Weekend will be in Vegas. This is a no-brainer, and hopefully it convinces more players to actually show up. If they stick with the divisional 3v3 format they used before, Vegas's colour scheme could lead to some cool looks (white vs. grey/black vs. gold vs. red).

 

South Florida was supposed to have the All Star Game this year, and Carolina was supposed to have a Stadium Series game. Bettman says they will "be back at some point", but who knows what that means. Pretty sure Arizona was promised another ASG after they cancelled the '06 one, but that has yet to happen.

 

 

 

 

It sounds like the Hurricanes requested to move their Stadium Series game back to 2022-23. I wonder if those jerseys that leaked a few weeks ago will be what they wear, or if they are going to go with something different. 

Hurricanes Stadium Series leaked on Reddit?

Just signed up too. Let me know if anything else is needed! 

https://twitter.com/FieldYates/status/1355185947122528260?s=20

I miss Benny Parsons and Allen Bestwick calling NASCAR races.

Another NASCAR one: I was a Jerry Nadeau fan as a kid. His career-ending injury at Richmond was hard on 10 year old me. But I had hope he would come back the next year, since he kept saying he would after he fully recovered. Once 2006 came around and he still wasn’t in a car I figured he would never race again. 
 

As far as Nadeau on the track, losing the 2002 Sonoma race was probably the most heartbreaking of all his tough luck losses. Had that race in the bag, and then suffers rear-end gear failure with two laps to go. 

I was only 5 years old during Game 7 of the 1997 World Series, so that one didn't hurt as much for me as the 2016 Game 7.

But the first Cleveland sports loss that really hurt me was 2007 vs the Red Sox. Up 3-1 in the series, the Indians lose game 5 at home with Cy Young winner CC Sabathia on the mound, and then with Cy Young vote-getter Fausto Carmona in game 6. And of course Boston won game 7 easily, and go on to sweep the Rockies in the World Series. I was in high school when this happened and up until that point I didn't believe in any Cleveland Curse. After that...I became your stereotypical "woe is me" Cleveland sports fan for many many years. 

Going 0-16 was tough to swallow (obviously), especially having the final nail in the coffin occur in Pittsburgh the way it happened. We're driving late in the game, in Pittsburgh territory, right outside of the red zone...and then Corey Coleman drops it on 4th and 2. 

They might as well change the wording on that banner to "We Had Home Ice In The Playoffs". 

I think the Indians red block C hat works better with the cream alternate than the blue block C hat did. 

This just flows so well, especially with the red socks, belt, and undershirt. 

This doesn't look bad, but something about that red hat makes the cream alternates pop more to me.